Chapter 5 "Evaluating Sources"

When it comes to writing research papers, evaluating sources that you gather info from is very important. This chapter talks about what factors to consider when evaluating a source. Some of the factors to consider are, the author, the relevance, the evidence, the timeliness, the publisher...etc. Not only does this chapter explain what to consider while evaluating a source, but should different types of sources be evaluated differently? Thus meaning if its scholarly, should I evaluate it differently than Facebook, or wikipedia, the answer is yes. While Facebook could be a great resource for somethings, a research paper probably isn't one of them. Take time to carefully look at all of your sources and ask yourself the questions before using them.

Chapter 8 "Plagiarism"

      Chapter 8 goes into great detail about the seriousness of plagiarism and how to avoid it. Not only does it give some insight on how to avoid it but also talks about recognizing it, and when it is unintentional or intentional. When it comes to unitentional plagiarism, there will usually be penalties such as re-writng the assignment, a lower grade, and or a failing grade. However with Intentional plagiarism the penalties are much more serious, resulting in possible failure of the course. Lastly it briefly goes over plagiarism  in group projects, and when to acknowledge others.

20 Sources

Works Cited

 

Allen, Michael A., and MATTHEW DIGIUSEPPE. "Tightening The Belt: Sovereign Debt And Alliance Formation." International Studies Quarterly 57.4 (2013): 647-659. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

Breen, Michael, and Iain McMenamin. "Political Institutions, Credible Commitment, And Sovereign Debt In Advanced Economies." International Studies Quarterly 57.4 (2013): 842-854. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

“China's Total Debt Load Now Over 280% Of GDP." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.

Christy, George. THE NATIONAL DEBT: A Primer and A Plan. Florida: Brandenton, 2011. Print.

Dorn, James A. "The Debt Threat: A Risk To U.S.-China Relations?." Brown Journal Of World Affairs 14.2 (2008): 151-164. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

Fraser, Steve. "Another Day Older And Deeper In Debt." Raritan 33.2 (2013): 67-82. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

Fouskas, Vassilis K. "Sovereign Debt Crisis And Peripheral Capitalisms." Politicka Misao: Croatian Political Science Review 48.5 (2011): 175-192. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

Glick, Reuven, and Mark Spiegel. "External Imbalances And Adjustment In The Pacific Basin: Conference Summary." Economic Review (03630021) (2006): 82-84. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

Johnson, Simon. White House Burning: Our National Debt and Why It Matters to You: New York: 2012. Print.

Larson, Ann. "We Are All Debtors." South Atlantic Quarterly 112.4 (2013): 812-817. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

Mcculloch, J. Huston. "An Improved Balanced Budget Amendment." Independent Review 17.2 (2012): 219-225. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

Michael. "Government Set to Default Weeks Earlier Than Forecast." The New York Times. The New York Times, 01 Oct. 2015. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.

Pisano, Mark. "New Rules And New Realities: National Renewal And Fiscal Sustainability In The Twenty-First Century." National Civic Review 101.1 (2012): 4-7. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

 Sharma, Shalendra D. "China As The World's Creditor And The United States As The World's Debtor." China Perspectives 2010.4 (2010): 100-115. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

Steinbock, Dan. "The Great Triangle Drama: The Euro Zone Debt Crisis, The U.S. Fiscal Cliff, And Chinese Growth Prospects." American Foreign Policy Interests 35.2 (2013): 108-118. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

"U.S. Budget Deficit Rose in July, but 8-Year Low Is Expected for Year." The New York Times. The New York Times,              12 Aug. 2015. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.

U.S. Debt And Soverign Wealth Funds." Brown Journal Of World Affairs 14.2 (2008): 175-181. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

Velk, Thomas, Olivia Gong, and Ariel S. N. Zuckerbrot. "A Trans-Pacific Partnership." Antitrust Bulletin 60.1 (2015): 4-13. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

Woods, Ngaire. "Whose Aid? Whose Influence? China, Emerging Donors And The Silent Revolution In Development Assistance." International Affairs 84.6 (2008): 1205-1221. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015

  Yang, Chan. "China To Europe's Rescue: "Benevolent Generosity" Or "Financial Machiavellianism"?." China Perspectives 2011.3 (2011): 86-87. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

 

 

 

Icorporating Sources Effectively

Collaborative class lab

1.       In the past twenty years there has been increasing awareness about global warming and its permanent effects. According to Elizabeth Bristow and Amy J. Ftizgerald, “There is a growing scientific consensus that the average global surface temperature has increased since 1861 and that the increase observed in the 20^th century is the largest of any century throughout the past [millennium] (IPPC,2001)” (206).

2.       The United States has recently become the most financially dependent Country in the world, “China is now the world's leading creditor nation, while the United States is the world's largest debtor. Beijing is the largest foreign holder of US government debt - passing Japan in 2008 to become, in effect, the [United States] largest foreign creditor” (100).

3.        According to Haliza Abdul Rahman, she asks the question, “How long can we continue to foul the earth with the wastes that we produce in industry, agriculture and our homes?” This disturbing question is answered by Gowri Koneswaran. “Although much evidence has been amassed on the negative impacts of animal agricultural production on environmental integrity, community sustainability, public health, and animal welfare, the global impacts of this sector have remained largely underestimated and underappreciated”.

4 .  

https://informthepundits.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/u-s-national-debt-tops-17-trillion/

"U.S. National Debt Tops $17 Trillion!!!" Inform The Pundits. N.p., 20 Oct. 2013. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.



          http://zfacts.com/p/461.html

    "ZFacts." ZFacts. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.



http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2011/01/who-owns-us-national-debt.html

"Political Calculations: Who Owns the U.S. National Debt?" Political Calculations. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.

 "United States National Debt." National Priorities Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/us-federal-debt-who/

Evaluating the 4 sources "The Big Picture"

Evaluating sources and the “Big Picture”

Justin, Sheldon, Brittney

Comparing and contrasting all 4 different sources.

-Book by a single author

Browsing through books you can obtain more biased point of views.

More research to back up all facts in a book. More information.

Not “peer reviewed”.

Could be out dated.

 

-Scholarly article from an online database

Completely based on facts and statistics, not bias at all.

No rhetoric.

Are “peer reviewed”.

Possible issue with not being current.

 

-Article on a website

Usually current.

 Potential bias and credibility issues depending on the subscript of the URL.

 

 

-Article in an online periodical

Usually current.

Usually 1 author.

Mostly bias.

 

After taking a careful look at each of the four main sources we will be using to write our research papers, we discovered the pros and cons of each and how each one will be a viable option.

Works cited in class lab

Works Cited

 

3. We start with the article title in the case which an author is unknown, however if there is an author than we start with author, (Last, First) then the article title in quotes.

4. Environmental Defense Fund is listed twice because it was published by them, but is also the name of the website.

5. Depending on the type of source, the last three items in the cite can vary.

6.

Dorn, James A. "The Debt Threat: A Risk To U.S.-China Relations?." Brown Journal Of World Affairs 14.2 (2008): 151-164. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

Sharma, Shalendra D. "China As The World's Creditor And The United States As The World's Debtor." China Perspectives 2010.4 (2010): 100-115. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

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“China's Total Debt Load Now Over 280% Of GDP." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.

Data from the Treasury Department Released Wednesday Show That Japan Owned $1.2244 Trillion worth of U.S. Government Securities at the End of February. "Japan Now Holds More U.S. Debt than China." CNNMoney. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2015

 

"U.S. Budget Deficit Rose in July, but 8-Year Low Is Expected for Year." The New York Times. The New York Times, 12 Aug. 2015. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.

 

Michael. "Government Set to Default Weeks Earlier Than Forecast." The New York Times. The New York Times, 01 Oct. 2015. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.

 

Johnson, Simon. White House Burning: Our National Debt and Why It Matters to You: New York: 2012. Print.

 

Christy, George. THE NATIONAL DEBT: A Primer and A Plan. Florida: Brandenton, 2011. Print.

Chapter 7

Chapter 7 was very helpful and taught me multiple techniques when it comes organizing and managing info that that i have collected. It also talks about saving digital files, downloading, and how to back them up on the computer. It lists how to use your bibliography to organize and find info when writing your research, Lastly it describes how to make an annotated bib.

Chapter 6

After reading chapter 6, i realized the importance of note taking. Note taking is viable to the writing process because it allows you to; organize thoughts, keep track of the most important info, ideas, and arguments. Not only that but when working with more than just a couple sources it helps to keep track of what info you got from each source.
 This chapter also talks about how to use quotes from text and how to use them properly. It also says when to and when not to use them. Lastly how to paraphrase and summarize them.

5 Cited Sources

·         Sharma, Shalendra D. "China As The World's Creditor And The United States As The World's Debtor." China Perspectives 2010.4 (2010): 100-115. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

 

·         Dorn, James A. "The Debt Threat: A Risk To U.S.-China Relations?." Brown Journal Of World Affairs 14.2 (2008): 151-164. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

 

·         Yang, Chan. "China To Europe's Rescue: "Benevolent Generosity" Or "Financial Machiavellianism"?." China Perspectives 2011.3 (2011): 86-87. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

 

·         WOODS, NGAIRE. "Whose Aid? Whose Influence? China, Emerging Donors And The Silent Revolution In Development Assistance." International Affairs 84.6 (2008): 1205-1221. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

 

·         ALLEN, MICHAEL A., and MATTHEW DIGIUSEPPE. "Tightening The Belt: Sovereign Debt And Alliance Formation." International Studies Quarterly 57.4 (2013): 647-659. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.

Chapter 4 "The Bedford Researcher"

Chapter 4 focuses on a few main aspects of "reading critically and actively" such as reading with an attitude. This means being critical when reading potential sources. Later it talks about distinguishing between critical reading and evaluating.  While these are easy to get confused evaluating focuses on how well the source meets your need while critical reading questioning what is says and wheat it means focuses your attention on if the article makes sense. Lastly it talks about primary and secondary sources and what that means as a reader and a writer.

Chapter 2 "The Bedford Researcher"

After reading chapter 2, I found that this will be a helpful guide to choosing sources and citing them correctly. First it explains how to identify useful types of sources and later how to review annotate and mark the sources that you would like to use. This chapter also demonstrates how to find the validity of a source by doing a little background research on the author. Over all this chapter is a very valuable tool when it comes to choosing a topic and knowing if there will be good sources to back it.

Chapter 1 Connections

After reading chapter 1, I realized that it was describing exactly what we are doing when it comes to what stage we are on in our final paper. Ideally we are in the very beginning stages of our research paper which brings on the challenge of picking a topic. One of the major focuses of this chapter is "choosing a promising and appropriate topic". It explains how to do so, and gives criteria that the topic should meet. Another thing I thought was helpful from this chapter is how it talked about how to write your paper like a form of conversation. Overall this chapter reflected pretty much exactly what we have been doing in class.

5 Research Questions

National Debt due to China.

1. How much money did we owe to China 10 years ago vs. now?

2. What is likely to happen with so much debt to another country?
3. How can we pay off these debts in a reasonable amount of time?

4. What has happened in the past when we in debt with another country or vice versa?

5. What are some of the main causes of this debt?


Nuclear Power/Warfare.

1. What are some of the effects of using nuclear power?

2. How has nuclear power benefited or not benefited todays society?

3. What are the financial costs of having nuclear power and or producing it?

4. How has radiation affected the worlds atmosphere and "health"

5. How does a country know when to use nuclear power and for what reasons?


Recently Found Water On Mars

1. What does this offer for human life?

2.What strategies can we use to create a livable planet?

3. Have we ever found anything like this before?

4. Who will control what goes on?

5.What do we know and not know about this planet?